What the records say
- When
- 11 Oct 1795 – 12 Oct 1795
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.10° N, 8.55° E
- Description
- 1795 battle of the First Coalition
Battle of Höchst (1795)
Battle of the War of the First Coalition
At the Battle of Höchst, the Habsburg Austrian army commanded by François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt outmaneuvered the French Republican Army of Sambre-et-Meuse commanded by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan. Although the French attacked first, they were unable to dislodge an Austrian flanking column. Afterward Jourdan's army retreated to the north.
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